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05LIMA2791
2005-06-22 20:46:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Lima
Cable title:  

AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD

Tags:  OIIP PE 
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UNCLAS LIMA 002791 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ECA/PE/C/CU-SROUSE, INFO WHA/PDA
(SLEBENS/MDCONNERS/GADAMS),WHA/PD (GGALLEGOS),WHA/AND
(JMONSERRAT)

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PE
SUBJECT: AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD

REF: STATE 102369

UNCLAS LIMA 002791

SIPDIS

STATE FOR ECA/PE/C/CU-SROUSE, INFO WHA/PDA
(SLEBENS/MDCONNERS/GADAMS),WHA/PD (GGALLEGOS),WHA/AND
(JMONSERRAT)

E.O.12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PE
SUBJECT: AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD

REF: STATE 102369


1. Post applauds the re-establishment of the formerly Jazz
Ambassadors program through the American Music Abroad and would
like to be considered in one of the 2006 tours.


2. We prefer the month of February and a weeklong tour (5
program days plus 2 travel days). Best days for performances in
Lima are from Tuesday through Thursday. Nevertheless, Post would
also like to program quartet in at least one provincial city.


3. MPP goals include jazz performances as part of its cultural
objectives. Peru has a tradition for jazz and the Lima Binational
center has contributed in this respect, sponsoring a one-week
festival every year in April. Since 2002, PAS Lima has co-
sponsored this internationally recognized jazz festival as part
of Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). The city of Lima is becoming
the Jazz Latin American city with several Peruvian groups, which
perform throughout the year, as well as several radio stations,
which sponsor jazz programs. PAS will continue its support in
raising the U.S. cultural profile in Peru.


4. A Hip-Hop Quartet would also be welcome as it would also
help promote U.S. culture and would enhance mutual understanding
between the United States and Peru. Most recently Post presented
a project for funding through the Performing Arts Initiative
Program. The project, which unfortunately was not selected, was
intended to offer a vital, creative, and professional alternative
for young people who are susceptible to delinquency, vandalism,
and drugs.


5. Cultural presentations as the proposed gives the mission
the opportunity to invite key contacts in Lima and in the
provinces. Post will also program a performance for an audience
composed by massive affluence of people from middle and low
social classes. In the province Post would reach native and/or
rural communities who are rarely exposed to U.S. culture.


6. In the short term, such a performance would provide
Peruvians with a better understanding of U.S. culture and musical
tradition. In the long term, this would promote and strengthen
the bonds of friendship between our countries.

STRUBLE